We have heard your heart and we are standing with you in prayer for your marriage and for your husband. We know how painful and confusing it must be to come home to find him gone and to have no explanation for a whole year, and we join with you in bringing this deep hurt before the Lord who sees all and knows all, even when we do not understand.
We believe with you that marriage is a sacred covenant before God, a lifelong commitment between a man and a woman that He joins together. Jesus said, What therefore God has joined together, don't let man tear apart Matthew 19:6. The Lord has said that He hates divorce Malachi 2:16, and His design is for husband and wife to remain faithful to one another. For a husband to abandon his wife and to ghost her is not in alignment with God's will for marriage, and we pray that God will convict his heart wherever he is and draw him to repentance, healing and restoration. At the same time we encourage you to remain faithful to your vows as the Lord calls us in 1 Corinthians 7:10-11 not to leave our marriage, and to walk in forgiveness even while you are hurting, as we are told to be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you Ephesians 4:32.
We also hear your hope in the promises and prophecies given over your ministry together. We encourage you to hold those words loosely before the Lord and to test them against His Word, trusting not in the ministry itself but in the God who gave it. His plans for you are good, For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future Jeremiah 29:11. Even in this year of waiting and silence, God is near to you, Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit Psalm 34:18, and He will heal the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds Psalm 147:3. We know that to those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose Romans 8:28, and that God can restore what has been lost, I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten Joel 2:25. We pray with you that if it is the Lord's will, He will open the door for communication, reveal what was broken, and bring healing and reconciliation.
We noticed that your request spoke of God but did not mention the name of Jesus, and we want to gently remind you that it is only through Jesus that we have access to the Father. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me John 14:6, and There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved Acts 4:12. It is by believing in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead and confessing Him as Lord that we are saved Romans 10:9. We encourage you to come to God the Father in the name of Jesus Christ, trusting in His finished work on the cross for your sins and for your husband's, and to pray continually in that precious name.
We also encourage you to not walk through this alone. Please seek godly counsel from your pastor or elders in your church, cast all your worries on him, because he cares for you 1 Peter 5:7, and let them help you bear this burden, pray with you, and seek wisdom on how to reach your husband in a biblical way if the Lord opens that opportunity. Guard your heart against bitterness and keep seeking the Lord daily, praying that you may experience the peace that passes all understanding as you make your requests known to God Philippians 4:6-7.
We now join our faith with yours and pray together.
Father, in the name of Jesus Christ we come before Your throne of grace and we lift up this dear sister and her marriage to You. Lord, You see where her husband is, You know the reasons he left and the pain in both of their hearts that we cannot see. We ask You to have mercy, to convict him of any sin, to heal any wound or brokenness in him, and to draw him back to You first and then, if it is Your perfect will, back home to his wife and to the covenant he made before You. Heal what was broken, reveal truth where there has been confusion and silence, and soften both hearts to forgive as You have forgiven us. Comfort our sister in this long year of waiting, bind up her broken heart, give her strength for each day, wisdom to pray according to Your will, and peace that guards her heart and mind in Christ Jesus. We pray that Your will be done in this marriage above all else, and that You would be glorified whether through restoration or through Your sustaining grace. Restore, Lord, what the enemy has tried to steal, and help them both to seek You with all their hearts. We ask all of this in the mighty and saving name of Jesus, Amen.